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- From: anthony@lpi.liant.com (Anthony Beissner)
- Subject: Re: Advice on a totalled car....
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.164346.13294@lpi.liant.com>
- Organization: Liant Software Corp., Austin TX
- References: <1992Nov13.190514.6943@menudo.uh.edu> <1e1563INN6h5@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:43:46 GMT
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- In article <1e1563INN6h5@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
- >>I got into a wreck this morning on a freeway. I am fine, but my car got
- >>totalled. The other driver got a citation for failing to control her car.
- >
- >>I have documentation for all recent repairs
- >>and upkeeps that went into this car, so is it possible to convince the other
- >>insurance co. that my car was worth more than book value?
- >
- >Yes, but not without a fight. Sadly, they will probably offer you some
- >lesser amount of money with no hassle. If you refuse that, they will
- >pay the actual value of the car, but you will probably have to hassle
- >them for it.
- >
- >Your loan should be structured such that at no time do you owe more
- >than the car's worth.
- >
-
- Without a large down payment this is not possible with a new car. The largest
- depreciation occurs as you drive it off of the lot. It will normally be
- many months before the the loan is paid down to a point below the retail price
- of the now-used car.
-
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